Finding Text
LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 103
06-016-1030-02
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
Year Ending June 30, 2023
SECTION III - FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
1. FINDING NUMBER:14 2023 - 003 2. THIS FINDING IS: NEW
3. Federal Program Name and Year: Child Nutrition Cluster
4. Project No.: 23-4210-00/23-4220-00 5. AL No.: 10.553/10.555
6. Passed Through: Illinois State Board of Education
7. Federal Agency: U.S Department of Agriculture
8. Criteria or specific requirement (including statutory, regulatory, or other citation)
By December 15th of each school year, the District must verify the current free and reduced priced eligibility of households selected from a sample of application that it has approved for free and reduced price meals.
9. Condition15
BT found that the District did not select and verify the required sample of approved free and reduced price applications by the required deadline.
10. Questioned Costs16
N/A
11. Context17
This was a one time occurrence due to the transition of the program to a different District's staff.
12. Effect
The district might not detect applications that were submitted erroneously or did not meet the eligibility criteria in a timely manner.
13. Cause
The District has not designed and implemented an internal control process to ensure that the verification process will be completed before the deadline.
14. Recommendation
Proper planning of review process to have verification of eligibility completed by date outlined by ISBE.
15. Management's response18
The district will have a calendar reminder to begin auditing applications on Oct. 1 and complete the process with submission to ISBE by December 15.